Over the course of my time as a therapist, one particular issue has peaked my interested more than any other: This notion that lesbians, more than any other “type of gay (or straight) person”, struggle to find what “type” they are. In other words, I have seen numerous clients come in to therapy, trying to...
Often people ask me why I became a therapist. They ask if it gets tiring to hear people talk about themselves all day. Or if it is depressing to “listening to people’s problems”. To me, I think they’re viewing it all wrong. When someone is submerged in their own problems, they may likely feel overwhelmed....
Before you read this post, I’d like to preface it with the following: I wrote this post and asked a respected colleague of mine to read it and respond to it. This particular colleague works almost exclusively with clients who suffer from eating disorders, and had mentioned to me that it might be triggering for...
